"Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life."

"Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes."

"When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see."

"I put out tapes, but I always kept saying, 'Why am I putting all this energy into these tapes?' I was like, 'I'd rather make just an album because I have a vision; I know how I want to do my records.' I always felt like an artist as well."

"Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children - and the next day, it's completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that's when I had to man up."

"When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice."

"It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to play a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action."

"Sometimes you can write a great scene, but when you're actually in a situation and it doesn't work, you have to be flexible enough to make it work for you."

"A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity."

"I don't know about style. I know about my personal style."

"I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the French film community was very welcoming to me when I was a young actress."

"I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that."

"My sport is biking. I'm not much of a gym person, but I like being outside - hiking, canoeing, camping."

"I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me."

"I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me."

"I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight."

"I don't want to live my life in a five-star hotel. That's not real life to me. You can't appreciate it."

"I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'"

"I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.'"

"I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy."

"I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy."

"People should get married at the end of the road, not the beginning."

"I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people."

"You have to have the passion. I could not live if I wasn't an actor. If you're just in it for beautiful dresses and movie stars, then I think you should not be an actor."